The anti-social face of politics

This is just another case of barbarism in a democracy. A govt engulfed in corruption flames trying to block public opinion. Social media may not be the fourth pillar of Indian democracy as yet

This is just another case of barbarism in a democracy. A govt engulfed in corruption flames trying to block public opinion. Social media may not be the fourth pillar of Indian democracy as yet; however it does create awareness and bring culprits to justice when a certain Manu Sharma goes scot-free after killing a model point-blank in full public view.

When the media is so ‘social’ why are netas in the political corridors so feared of its free expression? UPA II is stuck in not one but many scams and is losing its ‘growth’ card amongst the voters. Inflation, 2G, land acquisition, Adarsh, and now FDI in retail – the govt wants people to look elsewhere when the states go to polls early next year – hence this ploy by Mr Sibal.

But where is the common sense vanished? There is no logic in ‘regulating’ the objectionable’ content on Twitter, Facebook and other platforms, for the simple reason that such content is widely published on various websites and everyone gets them in his inbox as a forward. Take a look:

Politics defies intellect. The users are the same people, the youth who will influence the elections in a big way, whether they come out and vote or not. And by making this stupid move to counter a stupid wrongdoing on its part, the govt has stupidly put itself in a spot - it could have in the first place cleared its mess and boasted it on the Internet; now this social media fiasco will only add to its log list of anti-people acts… in line with scams…